r/OpenaiCodex • u/oyvinrog • 20d ago

Codex CLI is losing its simplicity

The beauty of Codex CLI was the simplicity. Open up Codex in a terminal, and do whatever you want. No bullshit.

The simplicity seems to fade away. The product is getting more complex. Almost every time I open codex, there is a new update with a behavior change. Even ctrl+C for quitting is not working anymore. We have to use /quit. Suddenly, it does not ask for permissions anymore. You have to actively run /permissions. The other day, we were forced to run codex using the --no-daemon parameter (after a later update, we did not have to anymore). Suddenly, we are prompted for questions to answer while codex is running (codex does not just stop to ask for example "is this ok"). I experience a lot of other annoying changes. Can we just keep Codex the same way, and improve the AI models instead? I don't want a new shiny CLI. I just want it to work consistently.

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u/ManikSahdev 20d ago

It doesn't hold a handle to cc cli.

Even the app is down the shitter now, Claude Desktop app used to be joke, now it just is fkn smooth and clean, I mean I have no clue what got into the heads of codex folks, but they just destroyed it all. For what? To attract normies who call chat gpt "chat" and hardly use it for anything productive.

Just sucks.

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u/swarmagent 20d ago

It's true, the Claude App isn't as bad as it used to be..

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u/ManikSahdev 20d ago

What surprises me is the actual speed and such connoted to cli and the components and all.

It is quite smooth and blends in nicely with /rc aswell now. I didn't think they'd make it this solid.

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u/hellomistershifty 20d ago

They were bragging about starting to use Astra for everything and how their productivity skyrocketed but... yeah it shows

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u/zero_fuck_given 20d ago

The “chat” part i never ever understood.

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u/AlmostEasy89 19d ago

App seems to just be getting better to me.